WHY DOES FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY SELDOM FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR STUDENT LOANS
Many former students consider filing for bankruptcy to get rid of their student loans. Filing for bankruptcy seldom forgives you from paying your student loan. The student loan is guaranteed by the government and the debt is usually not dischargeable. Before 1998, you get rid of student loan debt by filing bankruptcy, but Congress eliminated the seven year limit to debt forgiveness. If you can show extreme hardship to the bankruptcy court rare exceptions may be made for debt forgiveness. Undue hardship is defined as, your present income is not adequate to pay the loan payments and your potential earning will not change the situation. Poverty or Health handicaps could cause this situation. The courts do not define what is undue hardship, so the rule may be very subjective.[Learn More ...]
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